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Rodolfo Rodriguez after he was allegedly attacked by a group of people

His grandson, Eric Mendoza, told CBS he just wants to know why his grandfather was targeted.

“That’s the lesson you’re going to give your child, for you to hurt elderly people because they bump into you?” Mendoza told the station. “I just want to know what was going through her mind.”

Mendoza began a GoFundMe for his grandfather where he provided updates on his recovery.

“On July 4th at around 7pm, my grandfather Rodolfo Rodriguez whose [sic] 92 years of age was going for his daily walk around the block when he was assaulted by an African American lady and five other guys,” Mendoza wrote. “He is doing really bad, has a lot of bruises on his face and a broken cheekbone.”

His goal of $15,000 surpassed that with just over $102,000 raised at the time of publication.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the case, according to KTLA.

Sheriff’s Deputy D’Angelo Robinson told the station they “are concerned, especially with the type of crime they committed.”

“There was what appears to be a 4-year-old child there who witnessed the entire thing,” he continued. “We can’t have these kind of people like that out in the streets.”

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